Marcus Junius Silanus

Marcus Junius Silanus (59 BC-) was a general of the early Roman Empire during the reign of Emperor Augustus and Consul in 25 BC.

Biography
Marcus Junius Silanus was descended from the Junii Silani family of Rome, the son of Decimus Junius Silanus and the brother-in-law of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. He served as one of Julius Caesar's legates during the Gallic Wars in 53 BC, and he supported his brother-in-law in 44 BC after Caesar's assassination. After falling out with the triumvirs, he fled to Sextus Pompey in 39 BC, but he later entered into Mark Antony's service. He served under Antony in Greece and Macedonia from 34 BC to 32 BC, and he went over to Octavian after the Battle of Actium in 31 BC; he commanded Legio II Syriaca in Antioch at the time of the founding of the Roman Empire in 27 BC. In 25 BC, he and the Emperor Augustus served as co-consuls.